64 minutes ago ‘Dreamer’ Amorim gives first Manchester United conference, new APT rules voted through: football news – live

News and features as the Premier League returnsListen to Football Weekly | And you can email JohnThis is a great interview with Nottingham Forest’s Ryan Yates by Ben Fisher. Particularly enthralled by this bit:When it’s you and the hotel room, what can you conjure up? I’d buy half a chicken from Tesco, a packet of rice, some spinach – I couldn’t boil broccoli because I just had a kettle – so I would pour a bit of water into the bag of spinach, squeeze it out, so it became wilted spinach. God, those were the days. I remember just thinking: ‘It’s all going to be worth it.’ Continue reading...

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64 minutes ago Cop 29 live: new draft text criticised as ‘totally unacceptable and inadequate’

Text ‘decides’ on $250bn for developing countries by 2035 – but faces criticism from African Group of NegotiatorsA new text of the Cop29 deal has yet to emerge, but civil society activists have not given up hope, reports Damian Carrington, Guardian environment editor.Hilda Nakabuye, 27, from Fridays for Future campaign group in Uganda, said:We are holding on to hope. As a mother I am here to represent my people, my community, but also future generations that we hold close and dear to our hearts and why we are all in this fight. The ones least responsible for climate change undergo its worst effects.We know what power we hold: the power to act. We are in an emergency. This COP is all about the money, but communities on the ground are not seeing the money. When the climate hits we need to...

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66 minutes ago Sandbanks' most expensive home: Waterfront property once owned by Body Shop heiress is bought for record £16m

Known as Britain's answer to Miami Beach, the affluent coastal community has been one of the most desirable places to live in the UK for over 20 years, attracting sports stars and television personalities.

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67 minutes ago Gatwick Airport LIVE: South Terminal reopening after 'suspicious package' alert but flights still disrupted

National Rail says trains won’t be stopping at Gatwick until 4pm at the earliest

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70 minutes ago UK private sector is contracting as firms give ‘thumbs down’ to the budget, hitting pound – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsAverage annual energy bill to rise to £1,738 in Great Britain from JanuaryWhat is the energy price cap and can I cut my bill?The pound has dropped to a six-month low against the US dollar, after this morning’s weaker-than-expected retail sales report.Sterling fell as low as $1.255, its weakest level since 14 May, extending recent losses as economic worries have risen. Continue reading...

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74 minutes ago F1 Las Vegas GP LIVE: Qualifying start time and schedule as Lewis Hamilton eyes pole position

F1 live updates from Las Vegas on a weekend where Max Verstappen could claim the drivers’ world title

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83 minutes ago Mum's pancreatic cancer warning after fearing she wouldn't have another Christmas

Mum Bryony Thomas, 46, was told her cancerous tumour was borderline inoperable - and that she only had around 12 weeks left to live if doctors could not remove it

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2 hours ago Gatwick Airport LIVE: Bomb squad heads to evacuated South Terminal and flights diverted amid 'suspicious package' alert

National Rail says trains won’t be stopping at Gatwick until 4pm at the earliest

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2 hours ago Amorim’s first press conference and Premier League vote through new APT rules: football news – live

News and features as the Premier League returnsListen to Football Weekly | And you can mail LukeThis is a great interview with Nottingham Forest’s Ryan Yates by Ben Fisher. Particularly enthralled by this bit:When it’s you and the hotel room, what can you conjure up? I’d buy half a chicken from Tesco, a packet of rice, some spinach – I couldn’t boil broccoli because I just had a kettle – so I would pour a bit of water into the bag of spinach, squeeze it out, so it became wilted spinach. God, those were the days. I remember just thinking: ‘It’s all going to be worth it.’ Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Think the Cop29 climate summit doesn’t matter? Here’s five things you should know

The battle who pays how much to fund the switch from fossil fuels, what to do about nuclear power, and who hosts Cop31 are key questionsThe UN climate talks in Azerbaijan, scheduled to finish Friday local time, are dragging into the weekend as delegates from nearly 200 countries struggle to reach a consensus on the key issues being debated: a new global climate finance goal and what needs to be done about fossil fuels.But what is happening in Baku matters, no matter how frustrating a process and inadequate an outcome it may seem. Here’s why. Continue reading...

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